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infit

infit, begins

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

īnfit, irreg. def.: one begins; he begins to speak, 5.708, et al.
in-fit,
  • v. def. (infĭunt, Mart. Cap. 2, § 220: infe ἄρξαι, Gloss.: infĭo, Varr. ap. Prisc. 8 fin.), he (she, it), begins: infit me percontarier, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 76 (332): laudare formam virginis, id. Rud. prol. 51. postulare plorans ejulans, ut, etc., id. Aul. 2, 4, 39 (318): commutare animum (with adoritur), Lucr. 3, 515: erigere caput, id. 5, 1208: ita farier, Verg. A. 11, 242. —
  • II In partic.
    • A He begins to speak: his vocibus infit, Verg. A. 5, 708; cf.: talibus, id. ib. 10, 860: tum ita Tullus infit: Romani, etc., Liv. 1, 28, 4; cf. with acc. and inf.: ibi infit, annum se tertium et octogesimum agere, Liv. 3, 71, 6. —
    • B In gen., he speaks, Prud. Apoth. 805.

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